[439d67f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[8dfc5c3] | 7 | <!ENTITY npth-download-http "&gnupg-http;/npth/npth-&npth-version;.tar.bz2">
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[d4e8cd93] | 8 | <!ENTITY npth-download-ftp "&gnupg-ftp;/npth/npth-&npth-version;.tar.bz2">
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[14d673a2] | 9 | <!ENTITY npth-download-ftp " ">
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[03ac4194] | 10 | <!ENTITY npth-md5sum "375d1a15ad969f32d25f1a7630929854">
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[0e7f80e4] | 11 | <!ENTITY npth-size "296 KB">
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[03ac4194] | 12 | <!ENTITY npth-buildsize "2.6 MB (with checks)">
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[fdaae04] | 13 | <!ENTITY npth-time "less than 0.1 SBU (with checks)">
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[439d67f] | 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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[fdaae04] | 16 | <sect1 id="npth" xreflabel="npth-&npth-version;">
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[439d67f] | 17 | <?dbhtml filename="npth.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 |
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[fdaae04] | 20 | <title>npth-&npth-version;</title>
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[439d67f] | 21 |
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| 22 | <indexterm zone="npth">
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| 23 | <primary sortas="a-NPth">NPth</primary>
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| 24 | </indexterm>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 27 | <title>Introduction to NPth</title>
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| 28 |
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[d56e7df] | 29 | <para>
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| 30 | The <application>NPth</application> package contains a very portable
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| 31 | POSIX/ANSI-C based library for Unix platforms which provides
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| 32 | non-preemptive priority-based scheduling for multiple threads of
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| 33 | execution (multithreading) inside event-driven applications. All threads
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| 34 | run in the same address space of the server application, but each thread
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| 35 | has its own individual program-counter, run-time stack, signal mask and
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| 36 | errno variable.
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| 37 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 38 |
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[2967716c] | 39 | &lfs120_checked;
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[439d67f] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&npth-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&npth-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &npth-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &npth-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &npth-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &npth-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | </sect2>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 78 | <title>Installation of NPth</title>
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| 79 |
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[d56e7df] | 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Install <application>NPth</application> by running the
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| 82 | following commands:
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| 83 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 84 |
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| 85 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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| 86 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 87 |
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[d56e7df] | 88 | <para>
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| 89 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 90 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 91 |
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[d56e7df] | 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 94 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 95 |
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| 96 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 97 | </sect2>
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| 98 | <!--
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| 99 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 100 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 101 |
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[d56e7df] | 102 | <para>
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| 103 | <command>sed -i 's#$(LOBJS) ...</command>: This <command>sed</command>
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| 104 | fixes a race condition in the <filename>Makefile</filename>. It allows
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| 105 | running <command>make</command> with multiple jobs (e.g., <command>make
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| 106 | -j4</command>).
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| 107 | </para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>
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| 110 | <option>-\-disable-static</option>: This option stops it compiling a
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| 111 | static version of the library.
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| 112 | </para>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>
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| 115 | <option>-\-mandir=/usr/share/man</option>: This option puts the man
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| 116 | pages in <filename class="directory">/usr/share/man</filename> and not
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| 117 | <filename class="directory">/usr/man</filename>.
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| 118 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 119 | </sect2>-->
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 122 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <segmentedlist>
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| 125 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 126 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 127 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <seglistitem>
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| 130 | <seg>npth-config</seg>
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| 131 | <seg>libnpth.so</seg>
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| 132 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 133 | </seglistitem>
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| 134 | </segmentedlist>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <variablelist>
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| 137 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 138 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 139 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="npth-config">
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| 142 | <term><command>npth-config</command></term>
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| 143 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 144 | <para>
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| 145 | is a utility used to configure and build applications based on
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| 146 | the npth library. It can be used to query the C compiler and
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| 147 | linker flags which are required to correctly compile and link the
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[4c24eb0a] | 148 | application against the npth library
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[d56e7df] | 149 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 150 | <indexterm zone="npth npth-config">
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| 151 | <primary sortas="b-npth-config">npth-config</primary>
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| 152 | </indexterm>
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| 153 | </listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <varlistentry id="libnpth">
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| 157 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnpth.so</filename></term>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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[d56e7df] | 159 | <para>
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| 160 | contains the API functions used by the New Portable Threads
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[4c24eb0a] | 161 | Library
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[d56e7df] | 162 | </para>
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[439d67f] | 163 | <indexterm zone="npth libnpth">
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| 164 | <primary sortas="c-libnpth">libnpth.so</primary>
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| 165 | </indexterm>
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| 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 | </variablelist>
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| 169 | </sect2>
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[4c24eb0a] | 170 |
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[439d67f] | 171 | </sect1>
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